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November 14, 2011 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Arkansas School of Law (2011)
William Marler spoke at University of Arkansas Law School on food safety advocacy. This presentation counted for 1.5 hours of CLE …
November 13, 2011 • Outbreaks
November 12, 2011 • Salmonella
36,185,000 Pounds of Salmonella Turkey Burger Recalled with 136 Illnesses
A total of 136 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg were reported from 34 states with illness onset dates between February 27 and September 13, 2011. The number of ill persons identified in each state was as follows: Alabama (1), Arkansas (1), Arizona (3), California (7), Colorado (4), Connecticut (1), Georgia (2), […] …
November 11, 2011 • Salmonella
Rochester New York Student Sues Salmonella Pine Nut Provider
A St. John Fisher College student is suing a Delaware company over tainted pine nuts. Sean McGuirk says he ate pasta with pine nuts in it back in August. By September, he was sick with salmonella illness and hospitalized. He was notified by health officials that it was because he …
November 11, 2011 • Outbreaks
Sunrise Commodities Pine Nuts Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuits - Multistate (2011)
The Marler Clark Salmonella attorneys represent victims of a 42-person Salmonella outbreak linked to Turkish pine nuts imported by New Jersey-based Sunshine Commodities. The law firm has filed several Salmonella lawsuits on behalf of clients who became ill during this pine nut-related Salmonella outbreak. …
November 11, 2011 • Press Releases
Marler Clark Law Firm Calls on Chicken Liver Producer to Pay Victims’ Medical Bills
As a Salmonella outbreak linked to kosher chicken liver products grows to nearly 200 illnesses, Salmonella lawyers at Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm dedicated to representing victims of foodborne illness, are calling on the company responsible for the outbreak to pay for victims’ medical bills. …
November 11, 2011 • Case News
Sunrise Commodities Turkish Pine Nuts Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuits
Marler Clark filed four Salmonella lawsuits against Turkish pine nut importer and manufacturer, Sunrise Commodities. The lawsuits come on the heels of a 42-person, five-state Salmonella outbreak linked to the company's pine nuts in late 2011. The law firm resolved all Salmonella lawsuits against Sunrise Commodiites. …
November 11, 2011 • Outbreaks
Marler Calls on Petting Zoos and Fairs to Clean up Their Acts
In the wake of an announcement that another E. coli outbreak has been linked to a fair or petting zoo, E. coli expert and attorney William Marler is calling on the animal exhibition industry to clean up their act. …
November 11, 2011 • Salmonella
Pine Nuts Linked to Salmonella Outbreak Recalled in Florida
Miami-based Badia Spices announced they are recalling the packaged nuts over fears they may be contaminated with salmonella. The company said the affected nuts were sold in stores in Florida and four other states from June to October. The New Jersey firm where the nuts were purchased in bulk recalled …
November 11, 2011 • Outbreaks
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November 10, 2011 • Outbreaks
Marler Clark Files New York Lawsuit in Salmonella Pine Nuts Outbreak
Marler Clark Salmonella attorneys have filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Rochester, New York man who was hospitalized after consuming Turkish pine nuts. The Salmonella lawsuit lists Delaware-based American Pistachio as a defendant. …
November 10, 2011 • Salmonella
Salmonella Heidelberg Infections Linked to “Kosher Broiled Chicken Livers”
According to the CDC, in August 2011, CDC identified a sustained increase in the number of Salmonella Heidelberg isolates with the outbreak strain reported to PulseNet from New York and New Jersey. From April 1 to November 4, 2011, a total of 157 illnesses were reported in New York (93 cases) and New Jersey (64 […] …
November 10, 2011 • Salmonella
Marler Clark Files First Pine Nut Salmonella Lawsuit in New York
The Salmonella attorneys of Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm dedicated to representing victims of foodborne illness outbreaks, have filed a Salmonella lawsuit on behalf of a Rochester, New York man who was made ill after consuming Turkish pine nuts imported by Delaware-based American Pistachio Corp. The law firm …
November 10, 2011 • Outbreaks
November 09, 2011 • Outbreaks
MealMart Kosher Chicken Liver Salmonella Heidelberg Outbreak
MealMart kosher chicken livers were identified as the source of a Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak that spanned several months in 2011. …
November 09, 2011 • Salmonella
Salmonella Pine Nuts Sicken 42 – mostly in New York
A total of 42 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Enteritidis have been reported from 5 states. Epidemiologic and laboratory investigations conducted by officials in local, state, and federal public health, agriculture, and regulatory agencies linked this outbreak to eating Turkish pine nuts sold in bulk bins at …
November 09, 2011 • Salmonella
170 Sickened by Schreiber Processing MealMart Chicken Liver with Salmonella
The recall applies to an undetermined amount of broiled chicken livers produced by Schreiber Processing Corp., based in Maspeth, N.Y., linked to the company’s MealMart brand kosher broiled chicken livers. • 56 cases in New York City. • 33 cases in upstate New York. • 64 cases in New Jersey • 9 cases in Maryland. […] …
November 09, 2011 • Listeria
Raw Milk Cheddar Cheese Recalled Due to Listeria
Golden Glen Creamery of Bow, WA is voluntarily recalling Raw Cheddar because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer …
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